Blues Cross Country

Reception

Blues Cross Country received good reviews at the time of its release from both Billboard magazine in March 1962, and TIME magazine in May 1962. Billboard wrote that "Peggy's back, and this time in a blues mood - with sad blues, happy blues and swinging blues. She sings them in her own delightful style aided muchly by the fine arrangements of ork [sic] leader Quincy Jones...The album's a gas".

The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four stars and commented that "Though Jones' arrangements are often a touch brassier than the blues standards can handle, Lee contributes just the right blend of vigor and feeling to the songs"

Track listing

1. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:29
2. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 3:04
3. "Los Angeles Blues" (Peggy Lee, Quincy Jones) - 2:38
4. "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" (Johnny Lange, Leon Rene) - 2:53
5. "The Grain Belt Blues" (Lee, Milt Raskin, Bill Schugler) - 1:52
6. "New York City Blues" (Jones, Lee) - 3:21
7. "Goin' to Chicago Blues" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) - 2:37
8. "San Francisco Blues" (Lee, Raskin) - 2:37
9. "Fisherman's Wharf" (Lee, Raskin) - 3:11
10. "Boston Beans" (Lee, Raskin, Schugler) - 2:05
11. "The Train Blues" (Jones, Lee) - 2:42
12. "Saint Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 2:15

13. "Hey, Look Me Over!" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 1:55
14. "The Shining Sea" (Lee, Johnny Mandel) - 2:45

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